3D Printers/Ender 5 plus

FlashForge Creator Pro

Status

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Last Known Good Settings

Date	Filament type, colour, brand	First layer	Other layers	Notes
June 28, 2020	asdfsadfsdaf	asfsadfsadf

Hardware

• screen is Big Tree Tech TFT35-E3 V3.0
• mainboard is Big Tree Tech SKR Mini E3 V2.0
• power supply is Mean Well RSP-500-24 (the good one, not first release of this printer that had a shitty one)
• Printhead is Micro Swiss Direct Drive and All-Metal Hot end
  • https://store.micro-swiss.com/collections/ender-5-plus/products/micro-swiss-direct-drive-extruder-for-creality-ender-5

• Probe is official BL-Touch (which is stock on the E5P)
  • it should be set and forget, don't think it needs to be recalibrated ever unless some hardware thing changes
  • can use 'babystep' feature to live z-adjust during printing
  • refer to this for setting the probe offset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_1Kg45APko

Software

To use pronterface to control the printer, first power up the printer, then connect the usb cable to your computer. On win10 it should auto-detect and possibly install 'maple' (wtf that is lol). Baud 115200

Calibration notes

• using the built in e-steps I got 137.85 steps/mm (this is in the firmware, in the slicer you just change the flow rate)

Printable Upgrades

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4742487 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4742501

Voron cooling fans: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5171295

Z-axis sync indicators: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4460521

Usage

- there is no octoprint or other network connection set up yet. There is usb port on the side of the touchscreen and there should be a usb stick in it, use that

Slicer Settings

* Using Cura, seems to be what most people are using

• • flow settings are "hard-baked" into extrusion values in the gcode. So if you set flow to 95% in cura, there will NOT be an M221 S95 command in the gcode and so the printer will say on its screen that flow is 100%, but really the flow has been reduced.

A few random printing tips

know what you're doing!!! this printer is for seasoned vets only!!

Octoprint at octopi4.hacklab.to

I wish...

Maintenance Resources

put stuff here lol

Maintenance Log

Most recent entries at the top.

Date	Notes	Entry By
June 9, 2022	Setting up the printer	Rana